EVEN WITH ALL THE SUNSHINE...THERE WAS JUST NO WAY GETTING AROUND THE BRUTAL WINDCHILLS. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN'S JOBETH DEVERA SHOWS US HOW PEOPLE AND AREA SCHOOLS COPED WITH THE COLD. IF YOU STOOD OUTSIDE TODAY... EVERYONE AGREED...(NATS POP "it's cold") BUT THESE TRUCK DRIVERS AT SAPP BROTHERS IN COUNCIL BLUFFS HAVE LEARNED HOW TO COPE.(Steve Sybrant - Truck Driver "you just have to think ahead a little bit and have extra clothes with you") (Lars Shivley - Truck Driver "makes me glad the heater in my truck works really well") THESE BITTER COLD TEMPS ALSO CAUSES A DECISION FOR AREA SCHOOL DISTRICTS. GLENWOOD SUPERINTENDENT DEVIN EMBRAY ENFORCED A TWO-HOUR LATE START ON THURSDAY. HE SAYS THERE'S NO DEBATE WHEN IT'S THIS COLD OUTSIDE.(Devin Embray, Superintendent Glenwood District Schools "we try to look at the safety of kids and sometimes we get a little criticism because we don't think of the adults in the case but in our situation is trying to be safe with the kids") SCHOOL BUSES ALSO FACE BIG PROBLEMS IN WEATHER LIKE THIS.(dave Greenwood, Director of Operations "anytime it's extremely cold like it is, things break so I always worry about the equipment, kids in buses broke down on the roads") THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN DEALING WITH BRUTAL COLD TEMPS... BUT THE JOB MUST STILL GET DONE.(Steve Sybrant - Truck Driver -"i'm on my way to joplin, Missouri and hopefully it's warmer down there") IN COUNCIL BLUFFS, JOBETH DEVERA, KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN.

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